IPL 2023, 3 records were broken during the game between Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders
In the IPL 2023, Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 81 runs at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, April 6. The Kolkata-based team put up a commanding performance in their opening home game of the year, giving them their first points.
When Bangalore won the toss, they decided to bowl first. The choice originally favoured them when KKR was reduced to 89/5 in 11.3 overs, but Shardul Thakur’s explosive half-century helped the local team get back in the game. He received flawless assistance from Rinku Singh, bringing the score even closer to 200.
The Knight Riders were able to conclude their innings with 204/7 thanks to Umesh Yadav’s unbeaten six off of two deliveries in the penultimate over.
Opening pair Virat Kohli and Faf du Plessis put up 44 runs for the first wicket in 4.5 overs as RCB began chasing 205 to upset KKR.
Sunil Narine’s deception of Virat Kohli with his spin, though, caused RCB to crumble. Varun Chakravarthy, Suyash Sharma, and Narine joined forces to help KKR reduce RCB from 44/0 to 96/9. Akash Deep and David Willey’s 27-run partnership at the 10th wicket enabled RCB to surpass the 120-run threshold.
Willey was dismissed by Varun when he was caught and bowled, earning him the night’s final wicket. RCB were defeated by 81 runs after being all out for 123. The KKR supporters had a special evening at Eden Gardens.
The three records that were broken during the IPL 2023 game yesterday are shown below.
#1 In yesterday’s IPL 2023 game, Suyash Sharma surpassed Shivam Sharma’s previous record
In the IPL 2023 last night, Suyash Sharma accomplished a remarkable achievement. Without any prior domestic professional cricket experience, he made his IPL debut for KKR. In the end, the unidentified spinner claimed three wickets. In the same over, he initially got rid of Anuj Rawat before getting go of Dinesh Karthik and Karn Sharma.
Suyash has established a new record for the highest bowling numbers (3/30) by an uncapped player in the IPL without FC/List-A/T20 experience thanks to his three-wicket haul.
Shivam Sharma, a former spinner for Punjab Kings (PBKS), previously held this record with his 2/26 against RCB in 2014.
#2 In Friday night’s IPL 2023 game, Rahmanullah Gurbaz broke Rashid Khan’s previous record
On Thursday, Rahmanullah Gurbaz became the first Afghan player to reach 50 runs in the IPL. Gurbaz scored 57 runs for the KKR opening the batting in just 44 deliveries, striking six fours and three sixes.
Gurbaz outperformed Rashid Khan to set a new IPL record for the greatest individual score by an Afghan player. 40 is Khan’s highest IPL score.
#3 In yesterday’s IPL 2023 game, Sunil Narine broke Piyush Chawla’s record
After dismissing Virat Kohli last night, Sunil Narine broke the previous record for the most bowled dismissals by a spinner in IPL matches. With his amazing spin, Narine managed to fool Kohli and send him back to the dressing room during the powerplay.
Narine beat Piyush Chawla’s record for the most dismissals by bowling, thanks to Virat’s wicket. Chawla has been fired 43 times, while Narina now has 44.